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Article #2431Source of Curse
From: anderson
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1986 07:12
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1986 07:12
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Please don't think this is frivolous, though it may seem to be:
you must know the phrase, said to be a Chinese curse, "May you
live in interesting times." My question is, *is* it Chinese, or
is it a paraphrase of something Chinese, or is it something
attributed to various sources, as in <name of wise old culture>
(therefore having clever maledictions)? Anybody know some facts
here? I mean, it could be analogous to what the the Germans
call "die franzoesische Krankheit" and the French call "la
maladie anglaise" (syphilus), as in prejudice, basically.
To save wear and tear on the net, please e-mail as below,
and I'll summarize if warranted.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!uwvax!uwmacc!anderson From: anderson@uwmacc.UUCP Newsgroups: sci.lang Subject: Source of Curse Message-ID: <559@uwmacc.UUCP> Date: Sat, 22-Nov-86 02:12:46 EST Article-I.D.: uwmacc.559 Posted: Sat Nov 22 02:12:46 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 23-Nov-86 03:47:58 EST Distribution: na Organization: UWisconsin-Madison Academic Comp Center Lines: 17 Keywords: curse